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‘90210′: The Father of Kelly’s ‘Splash-Off’ Revealed!
3:40AM Kyle Buchanan | It was the question that had all of America’s small, CW-watching audience in its thrall for about a week, tops: who is the father of Kelly’s baby on 90210? Sure, Canada took great pains to give away the show’s secret, but for spoiler-avoiding true patriots, last night’s episode finally revealed the babydaddy behind Beverly Hills’s most famous “splash-off”. More »
5:50AM Kyle Buchanan | Though rumours continue that the CW may not outlive May sweeps, last night’s ratings provided a bit of good news for the network: Gossip Girl, which has never managed to translate its huge New York media buzz into actual nationwide ratings, earned its highest numbers ever (3.7 million viewers), and along with One Tree Hill, contributed to the best Monday night in CW history. Does the 11% boost in viewers from Gossip’s past two episodes bode well for a possible 90210 resurgence tonight, since the latter drama saw its numbers fall in its second outing? We’ll know tomorrow whether all the babydaddy drama has paid off, or if the show’s continued slide in the ratings will presage an emergency rescue from one very hirsute West Bev alum. [THR] More »
‘America’s Next Top Model’ Boldly Going Wherever A Set Budget Of $149 Will Take Them
8:45AM Seth | Last night’s premiere of the latest cycle of America’s Next Top Model unveiled this season’s epic theme—”As sci fi as we can possibly make this using things found at a dollar store”—to much squealy delight from the carefully selected pool of regular- and plus-sized replicants. While the audience seems to be dwindling for such catwalk-crawling minstrel shows (the ratings hit an all-time low), the series is to be commended for never failing to adapt and innovate. Take, for example, the introduction of exciting Glamonator 11.0 technology: A more sophisticated descendant of the Sleeper Orgasmatron, it’s capable of producing an amazingly convincing hologram of a completely-over-it reality hostess who wishes she could fold up shop on this ghetto-arse exercise in model-search futility to spend more time on her Emmy-winning talk show. Smile with your circuits, ladies! More »
Who Needs ‘90210′ With This Lucrative Gig Impersonating Zach Galifianakis?
4:20AM Defamer Hollywood | While the record-breaking premiere of 90210 has left certain stars smiling (and smiling, and smiling), some of the franchise’s original cast members have better things to do than stand around and flash those pearly whites for a measly 12 share. Take Jason Priestley, for example, who showed up to Nike’s 10k Global Human Race in Los Angeles this week with his teen-dream sideburns upstaged by a massive, world-beating beard. Looking less like Brandon Walsh and more like the homeless man Brandon Walsh invited to Thanksgiving, Priestly was also kind enough to share his curt thoughts on the CW re-do: More »
‘90210′ Stars Jennie and Shannen: Ladies Don’t Punch, They Scratch
8:15AM Defamer Hollywood | Despite the fact that Jennie Garth is still taunting Shannen Doherty with expertly crafted put-downs, EW was able to wrangle the two 90210 stars for an arm-in-arm photo shoot and revealing Q&A. In it, Doherty reveals that she never really liked Brenda Walsh (”They just took her in a really odd direction that I didn’t necessarily agree with at the time”) and that she still harbors insecurities begun by the seminal “I Hate Brenda” newsletter. All well and good, but what about the matter everyone still cares about: the long-rumoured Doherty/Garth catfights? More »
Shannen Doherty, ‘Icon’, Wants To Know If You Miss Her
9:00AM Defamer Hollywood | Though the new 90210 has booked Jennie Garth for a major recurring role and relegated Shannen Doherty to only a handful of episodes, it’s the latter who merits “icon” status according to this brand-new CW promo. In it, Doherty shows up in special new footage taped just for you (but not for you, Tori), coyly flipping her hair as she asks the camera, “Miss me?” While we do, Shannen, we must remind you that there’s someone in the 90210 cast who tops even you in our estimation: Jessica Walter, aka Lucille freakin’ Bluth. While we’re certain that she’s the last actor the CW cares to build a promo around (even Mark the Cobrasnake would probably get one first), to us, she’s the show’s true, alcoholic icon. CW, hear our cry for footage of Walter, or we’ll be forced to mount a “Save our Bluths” campaign the likes of which even EW cannot contain. [The CW] More »
Why The Racy New Ad Campaign For ‘Gossip Girl’ Will Backfire
8:15AM Molly Friedman | Gossip Girl, the show that the media can’t stop gushing over despite the fact that nobody actually watches it or anything, has of course been renewed for a second season. And in an apparent attempt to lure the large audience of celeb voyeurs that’s currently interested in the cast members’ bi-curious antics off-screen than on, the sultry young things-obsessed marketing crew at the CW has released some “inappropriate” images from the second season’s ad campaign. Thanks to Miley Cyrus and her “scandalous” series of endless flesh-baring spreads, any photos featuring tweenyboppers practically banging each other or doing their best O-face are fine by us. But releasing racy promos like these is a practice long used by GG’s predecessors, and the sleazy plan relying on that old promise that Sex Sells has a history of backfiring in many a series’ pretty little sweat-drenched faces:
The ‘90210′ Spin-Off Teaser: Welcome To The Zip, Bitch!
8:15AM Molly Friedman | From the looks of this new teaser for CW’s upcoming Beverly Hills: 90210 remake, it looks as though any fans of the original hoping for a fresh take on their beloved West Beverly High alum will have to sheepishly return to watching classics from their prized VHS collection. Though they’ve obediently updated the infamous opening credits sequence in which each beautiful face candidly hops around a stark white set, we fear for the final result after hearing that a featured character is a “fun, energetic, not-your-typical grandma!” and that the adopted son will be black this time around. As if the cast’s promise that the reincarnation will be “a wild ride!” wasn’t enough to warn us, consider the update’s tagline: “If you wanna live in the Zip, you gotta live by the code.” More »
Newest Additions to ‘90210′ Spinoff Finally Spark Our Interest
7:45AM Molly Friedman | When we first heard the idea of a reimagined Beverly Hills: 90210, we believed it would be impossible to recreate the teary, teenybop magic of the original series. Who could possibly sneer like Luke Perry? Or turn the world on with his smile like Jason Priestley? But the Rob “Not Matchbox 20 Rob” Thomas-produced spinoff slated for CW’s upcoming fall season is charging full-speed ahead, leaking news of potential cast members burdened with the challenge of filling our favourite Peach Pit regulars’ Reeboks. Though recent casting announcements have been less than thrilling, two new additions have us busting out our dusty 90210 drinking game rule book once again. As E! News reports, “Producers for the CW’s 90210 remake have reached out to Hilary [Duff] to offer her a starring role in the series.” News on the other confirmed West Beverly students, plus which alum from the original has signed on to reprise their old role, after the jump.
